A quote from 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'

“People who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want.” 
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

                For me, this is more than true. I believe that if I can’t control what happens in my life that everything I want and everything that I have worked towards will literally go up in smoke. I hate when things go wrong, or I’m not in a good enough mood and it ruins my plans. Honestly, I’m not the best person and I procrastinate when I shouldn’t. I feel like if I don’t have control over something going on, I panic and can’t focus on anything else. If I feel like I’m falling apart inside then it’s the only thing I think about and I start fumbling objects and it’s just frustrating for everyone involved.  

Being in control keeps me calm and happy. It does this because I know that if I keep things a certain way, run things a certain way, and make sure things run smoothly then I am happy. This quote can relate to my lab; in my lab, we follow standard recipes that are hard to mess up.  We create food and if we screw it up we get frustrated, we make stocks and consumes; chicken is the worst. If it’s undercooked then you’ll get people sick and if it’s over done it’s dry. Culinary has a fine line between control and the loss of it, especially if things go wrong and you have to improvise.